More than 2 million were arrested at the southern border, a record

New data just released by the Department of Homeland Security shows U.S. officials will have made a record 2.4 million immigration arrests along the southern border by the end of this month. In President Joe Biden’s first year in office, officials made 1.73 million arrests.

Last month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers detained more than 203,000 migrants who crossed the U.S. Mexico border.

The newest data notes that migrants seeking legal asylum in the United States in recent months came from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba. The newest data also shows how difficult it is for people seeking asylum to win their cases. Immigration lawyers say it is the most difficult kind of case to prove. WUSA talked to experts to discover why it is so hard.

The CATO Institute also uses the newest data to make the point that fentanyl smugglers caught at the U.S. border are, most often, American citizens, not people seeking asylum.